During economic collapse, a company offers free housing in exchange for alternating months of comfortable living and prison labor, and the seemingly fair arrangement conceals exploitation at its core.
Models the prison-industrial complex and company towns: relevant to worker housing schemes, for-profit prisons, and how desperation makes exploitative offers appear generous.
Domains: Economics and Resource AllocationGovernance and Political SystemsEthics and Philosophy of Technology
Scenario Types: Warning / Self-preventing prophecySatire / Social commentary
Outcomes: DystopianCautionary